A 35-year-old female asked:
crp 18 normal <5 esr 18 normal <17,cea .8 normal<5,ca19.9 12normal<34, ldh 142 normal<248,wbc is 7 normal 4-11 rbc 4.7 is crp,esr high due to cancer?
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Dr. Jocelyn Tan answered
31 years experience Medical Oncology
Inflammation markers: Cancer can bring these numbers up but infection , stress or non infectious causes of inflammation can also do the same. Not necessarily always due to cancer.
Answered on Feb 14, 2019
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